Misinformation about Disc Golf

[joecoin]

I have several daily news feeds configured specifically for disc golf. I saw this gem... "There are more than 2,000 disc golf courses in the United States and Canada, nearly all installed by city park departments." at this newspaper:

http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/12/10/disc-golf-course-proposed

Not only the misinformation about installations, but they called the basket a net. Anyone else get disturbed by this type of bad information?

 

[bradharris]

Anyone else get disturbed by this type of bad information?

Not really. These kinds of articles are usually just fluff pieces where rigorous fact checking is not a high priority.

 

[The Hammer]

I have several daily news feeds configured specifically for disc golf. I saw this gem... "There are more than 2,000 disc golf courses in the United States and Canada, nearly all installed by city park departments." at this newspaper:

http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/12/10/disc-golf-course-proposed

Not only the misinformation about installations, but they called the basket a net. Anyone else get disturbed by this type of bad information?

There are bigger things in life to be disturbed by.

 

[lowracks]

after ub disc golf's facebook comments disc golf is dead anyways.

rip disc golf.

 

[xlhammy]

Quite honestly, it's not so much an issue with disc golf reporting in general as much as it is with what counts as "news" these days. Kind of bugs me to see entire articles on larger news sites solely based on tweets and other social media sites by self-proclaimed authorities on the the subject matter. It's lazy journalism and the perception that sites need to constantly be churning out info to be competitive and relevant. Personally, I'd rather have less overall articles of higher quality from any given source vs. hundreds of headline spams throughout a day.
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[bobmcnelly]

No real problem with it. They call it a basket in the article.

 

[tonyroberts]

I play with a guy who's always refers to the basket as "the net." It's a little strange, but no so much so as to ruin my day. As for journalists, there are good ones and bad ones, careful ones and sloppy ones. Unless they are specialists in some field, most journalists are writing on the fly about something they know nothing about, so imprecision is a fact of life. I know this, I used to be one.

 

[Nemmers]

They're Canadian so they talk different. Maybe a basket is a net to the hosers up in The Great White North, eh?

 

[ohtobediscing]

Hey, at least they got frolf right.

 

[namar]

after ub disc golf's facebook comments disc golf is dead anyways.

rip disc golf.

:clap:

slappy days are here again

 

[crusadersounds]

They're Canadian so they talk different. Maybe a basket is a net to the hosers up in The Great White North, eh?

That's right Doug. And if we really wanted to make a big deal out of the name of the "disc catching apparatus," it's technically called a pole hole, so calling it a basket or a net or whatever is not all that important (just don't call it a barbeque or a deer feeder.....)

 

[tom12003]

As for journalists, there are good ones and bad ones, careful ones and sloppy ones. Unless they are specialists in some field, most journalists are writing on the fly about something they know nothing about, so imprecision is a fact of life. I know this, I used to be one.

That "journalists" also write about politics gives me some indigestion. Let's exile them to a good disc golf course for them to taste some realistic humble pie.

 

[Pwingles]

after ub disc golf's facebook comments disc golf is dead anyways.

rip disc golf.

Wonder if anyone slapped that journalist

 

[onemilemore]

Quite honestly, it's not so much an issue with disc golf reporting in general as much as it is with what counts as "news" these days. Kind of bugs me to see entire articles on larger news sites solely based on tweets and other social media sites by self-proclaimed authorities on the the subject matter. It's lazy journalism and the perception that sites need to constantly be churning out info to be competitive and relevant. Personally, I'd rather have less overall articles of higher quality from any given source vs. hundreds of headline spams throughout a day.
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I'm on board with this. Nothing gets at me more than when I am reading an article by a supposedly reputable source - L.A. Times, CNN, etc. - and the quotes used in the story are people's tweets. That is lazy journalism 101. Social media snippets do not a story make.

But anyway, that's just me. I'm kind of a journalism nerd.

 

[Johnny_Crunch]

I'm laughing that they lied and said it is "Low Cost". Who the hell are they kidding? This sport has hardly been an inexpensive alternative to anything. I blow through cash like a drunken sailor buying this stuff.

 

[lowracks]

Wonder if anyone slapped that journalist

please quit killing disc golf. its dead already.

 

[bobmcnelly]

I'm laughing that they lied and said it is "Low Cost". Who the hell are they kidding? This sport has hardly been an inexpensive alternative to anything. I blow through cash like a drunken sailor buying this stuff.

Try ball golf or skiing.

 

[Johnny_Crunch]

I do both. None of it is cheap.

 

[Lukeslayerski]

I have several daily news feeds configured specifically for disc golf. I saw this gem... "There are more than 2,000 disc golf courses in the United States and Canada, nearly all installed by city park departments." at this newspaper:

http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/12/10/disc-golf-course-proposed

Not only the misinformation about installations, but they called the basket a net. Anyone else get disturbed by this type of bad information?

Doesn't bother me either. I like the bs of them saying the city parks installed most of the 2000. Maybe other city's will catch on. See what I'm sayin.:clap:

 

[DikkaD]

I do both. None of it is cheap.

There are plenty of slopes in Cy-Fair.